2023 WRC News & Rumours

[rallyfiend]

Rally Estonia have admitted they don’t have the funding for 2024.

[Eli]

So Estonia is out for Latvia and Poland comes in for some reason.... Why not just have Latvia take the June date and give Estonia a reprive???

Would rather see another tarmac event instead like Catalunya or Corsica at the time of the central european rally, have the central european rally 3 weeks after Finland and then push Greece to June.

[rp]

I readed somewhere that calendar proposed is:

Monte-Carlo 24/28 January
Sweden 15/18 February
Safari March
Croatia April
Portugal May
Sardignia June
Poland June
Latvia July
Finland July
Acropolis September
Chile October
Central Europe October
Japan November

Definetely there should be Mexico or Argentina. No Poland needed!

[Eli]

Definetely there should be Mexico or Argentina. No Poland needed!

I thought Argentina was on it’s way to replace Chile.

[steve.mandzij]

As far as I know Argentina can only run in the usual location in March/April because other months are too dry and there's a risk of wildfires. There's a different region also bidding in case the April slot (today occupied by Croatia) doesn't free up, but in either case there's not much information about the verdict, just speculation.

[Tauri_J]

I wonder if Safari is at the end of the month or at the beginning. Rally sweden takes place 15-18 february and usually theres at least a monthly brake after that. Which puts rally Kenya right at the start of a monsoon season.

[Eli]

If they’re not adding anything new and simply replacing Mexico with Poland, I’d wish they’d mix up the calendar, maybe bring back Finland to October, it was a unique event to watch and I’d love if the organisers, once every few years would move it to the autumn slot.

[seb_sh]

As far as I know the economy in Argentina is not doing great at the moment, while Chile is looking better, could buget also be an issue?

Maybe this is wrong info but I was under the impression Chile fits well in the calendar because they can ship those parts directly to Japan.

[HKSjbg]

I wonder if Safari is at the end of the month or at the beginning. Rally sweden takes place 15-18 february and usually theres at least a monthly brake after that. Which puts rally Kenya right at the start of a monsoon season.

Perhaps it will run on the Easter weekend?

[Steve Boyd]

Perhaps it will run on the Easter weekend?

With a 5-day Circuit of Ireland at the same time please!